Day 2: Productive and Destructive

Looks like day 1 was pretty productive -- and destructive. The back of the house is now exposed -- and in one case, there's a hole in the cabinet under the sink (previously created by a plumber fixing our clogged pipes) now completely open to the world. Welcome, skunks, possums and rats to the Schneider house!

Obviously, we moved the trash out of the cabinet to avoid such visitors, and Menny the contractor has promised to plug up the hole.

As you can see, the patio we built just two years ago is completely gone, and suddenly the kitchen is bright again. Evan looks out the back door and points to the mess constantly, always with an "Oooh!"

But in a way, it feels good. This thing is starting. Demolition could be done as soon as today... then it's on to placing the foundation and adding the framing. As you can see below, they've also started work on the garage, stripping off the back's stucco. I'm still not sure how they're going to pull it back and expand it while keeping all of our stuff inside, but we'll see.

Meanwhile, what didn't feel good: Writing our "start of work" check. It was a whopper: $30,000.

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